Supreme x Spyder x Zippo Lighter
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
About the original
Zippo has manufactured its windproof steel lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania since 1932, when company founder George G. Blaisdell adapted an Austrian lighter design into the rectangular hinged-lid format that has remained largely unchanged. Every unit ships with a lifetime mechanical guarantee from the factory and uses a replaceable flint, wick, and naphtha-fueled cotton ball insert. Spyder, founded in 1978 by David Jacobs in Boulder, Colorado, makes technical ski apparel and provided the graphic language for this release. The FW24 version is a standard Zippo Classic chassis finished with a Spyder-inspired printed panel, a co-branded box logo, and a matching insert; Zippo lighters typically retail for $20 to $40 depending on finish.
About Zippo
Zippo is an American lighter manufacturer founded in 1932 by George G. Blaisdell in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Blaisdell adapted an Austrian windproof lighter into a rectangular brass case with a hinged lid, filed the original patent in 1934, and received patent number 2,032,695 in 1936. The lighter sold for $1.95 with a lifetime guarantee that still applies to every Zippo. The company has produced over 600 million lighters at the same Bradford factory and remains owned by Blaisdell's descendants. Supreme has collaborated with Zippo on box-logo, all-over print, glow-in-the-dark, Swarovski crystal, and Emilio Pucci and Spectrum iridescent versions of the standard windproof lighter.
